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Accumulator · 04-22-08, 08:48

superkaz661- Welcome to Autopia!

While I do prefer the flex plates, sorta out of general priciples, most of mine aren't all *that* flexible anyhow- *Including* the one you wanted. By the time I put enough pressure on them to really make 'em flex, I've overloaded the PC's abilities and made it merely "jiggle".

I never had any issues from using the rigid ones.

I'd keep the Edge plate, and buy the flex one too. It really does pay to have a backup, and when you have both on-hand I think you'll see that the flex feature doesn't amount to all *that* much, functionally speaking. You'll probably still like it better though, I know I do

I predict that you'll find the PC *so* gentle that any worries will quickly be forgotten. Before too long you'll probably be back asking how to make it more aggressive

(And the answer is: with a small backing plate and 4" pads.)

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Accumulator Practical Perfectionist Accumulator is offline Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: NE Ohio Posts: 25,842	Re: How much flex should a backing plate have? superkaz661- Welcome to Autopia! While I do prefer the flex plates, sorta out of general priciples, most of mine aren't all that flexible anyhow- Including the one you wanted. By the time I put enough pressure on them to really make 'em flex, I've overloaded the PC's abilities and made it merely "jiggle". I never had any issues from using the rigid ones. I'd keep the Edge plate, and buy the flex one too. It really does pay to have a backup, and when you have both on-hand I think you'll see that the flex feature doesn't amount to all that much, functionally speaking. You'll probably still like it better though, I know I do I predict that you'll find the PC so gentle that any worries will quickly be forgotten. Before too long you'll probably be back asking how to make it more aggressive (And the answer is: with a small backing plate and 4" pads.)